Ron Paul Challenging Government Secrecy and the “Truther” Label

Ron Paul, speaking Friday with Charles Goyette in their weekly podcast discussion, decries the trend of the US government keeping more and more information secret. Paul also laments that people trying to discover the truth — whether about the September 11, 2001 attacks on America, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, or other matters regarding which the US government is keeping much information classified and thus out of sight — are disparagingly labeled “truthers.”

Turning things upside down from our nation’s constitutional foundation, Paul notes, the US government now claims excessive secrecy for itself while subjecting Americans to a mass spying program in violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Paul, the chairman and founder of RPI, explains in the podcast that the current extensive secretiveness of the US government is inconsistent with the republican form of government that the US Constitution is supposed to guarantee.

Americans’ ability to control the US government and keep its powers limited is restrained by the vast amount of government secrets.

The problem of government secrecy is exacerbated by the attacks people are subjected to when they seek to uncover the truth in areas where the government maintains many secrets. When someone tries to find out the truth about the September 11, 2001 attacks on America or the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, for example, he is sure to be referred to pejoratively with a label such as “conspiracy theorist” or “truther.”

In a similar manner, a person who opposes the US entering into a new war or who supports ending any of the US government’s ongoing sanctions or military actions will be attacked as an “isolationist.”